This change was primarily made due to the rapid advances in aircraft (and aircraft bombing technology) that took place between 1920 and 1939
depicted in uniform and wearing Long Service Medal and an 1866 Prague Commemorative Medal
1927 and served through February 5
overlaid by a central Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika
Africa General Service Medal 1902-1954
Slovakia, Independent State. Two Second War Medals Archive This change was primarily madeIncludes: 1. Medal of Bravery, III Class Bronze Grade (Vyznamenanie za hrdinstvo). Instituted in 1939. In bronze gilt, measuring 36 mm in diameter, fasces style suspension, "ZA ZASLUHY" (For Merit) device on its original lightly soiled ribbon with pinback. 2. Defence of Slovakia Commemorative Medal 1939, Type II (Pamtn medaila "Za obranu Slovenska 1939"). Instituted in 1939. In bronze, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), with intact ring but missing